The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
~ in Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1867

Ignorance is the womb of monsters.
~ in Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1867

A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Remember God’s bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!

The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.

The strength and the happiness of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going and going in that way, too.

Troubles are the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

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